Improvement in medical compounds or cough-lozenges



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EDMOND GAUVREAU, OF QUEBEC, GA STADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEDICAL'COMPOUNDS OR COUGH-LOZENGES.

l Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,942,'dated July30, 1872.

Specification .describing a new and useful Improvement in MedicalLozenge, invented by Dr. EDMOND GAUVREAU, of Quebec, in the Dominion ofCanada.

This invention or discovery relates to a new and useful compound, in theform of lozenges,

for the cure ofcoughs, colds, and affections of the throat and lungs,and all diseases of the respiratory organs; and consists in theingredients hereinafter named, combined in about the proportionsspecified and in the form de scribed.

In carrying out my invention I take two partsof pul. ipec..et opii,sixty-four parts sac- Nchagfum, one part citric acid, (solution,) twopar s alcohol, one part sirup of pine-apple;

tragacanth sufficient for coloring. These ingredients are mixed togetherto form a solid mass of paste, which is then cut into lozenges, whichdry hard, and are then put up in boxes for use.

These lozenges are intended to afiect the system in a similar manner tothe Dover powders, and by combining the main ingredients of the Doverpowder with the other well-known substances, and forming lozengesthereof, as described, the medicine is put in a more attractive andconvenient form, and is a most efiicacious remedy for coughs, colds, andall affections of the throat and lungs.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The above'described lozenge, substantially as and forthe purposes specified. a

DB. EDMOND GAUVREAU, M. L. L.

Witnesses:

G. AMYoT, GEO. THEO. TREMBLAY, N. V.

